Cooking utensil.



L. R. PBLGER.

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L. R. FELGER.

COOKING UTENSIL. y

APPLICATION FILED AUG.31,1910.

Patented Jan. 17, 1911.

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LOUISE R. FELGER, 0F YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO.

COOKING UTENSIL.

To all whom 'it may concern.'

Be it known that I, LOUISE R. F Emea', a citizen of the United States, residing at Youngstown, in the countyof Mahoning and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cookinglltensils, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to cooking utensils andv more particularly to the class of egg frying pans.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a utensil of this character in which eggs may be held for -the frying therewhich may be readily and quickly removed from the pan without breaking the same after having been cooked.A

Another object of the invention is the pro. vision of a cooking utensil'in which eggs to be fried or otherwise cooked will be held 'in cups or pockets that can be raised so that the eggs can be individually removed from the utensil after the same have been fried or cooked` without any possibility of their Stickin to said utensil or running in contact with otier. eggs held in the latter. v f A further object of the invention is the provisionof a utensil in which the cups orpockets for receiving the eggs are closed by ing the cooking process of the eggs,.the same or grease vused therewith will not splatter and the cups or pockets retaining t-he eggs will separate them thus preventing the run ning together thereof.

. With these and other objects in view the Specification of'ietters Patent. Application lled August 31,

the ring invention consists in the construction, combination and arangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claims hereunto appended. y In the drawing: Figure 1 is a perspective View of a cooking utensil constructed in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 isa bottom plan View thereof. Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a siderlevation with the cupsin raised position.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the.A several views in the drawings.

Referring to the drawings b numerals 5 designates a disk or circular-s raped frying platter preferably constructed'from cast iron or sheet metal, although it'may be made from aluminum or other suitable material, l so'that when once'heated it will retain its Patented Jan. i?, 1911. wie. serial No. 579,817. l

heat for a long time. The central portion of the disk is provided with a raised boss 6 containing a suitablea erture through which is passed a bolt mem er 7 the latter rov vided with the usual head 8 fitted within a counter seat formed-in the said boss 6 and engaged with the said bolt member 7? is a.

handle 9, -the latter rising from the top of the said latter or disk whereby it may be carried om yone point to another when desired.

Struck up from disk boss vare spaced the body of the platter or bearing ears 10 between lwhich are pivotaly connected egg receiving cups or pockets each Comprising u` ring 11 the wall' of which maybe of any desirable depth, the ring beingsuitably secured to the lower end of a handle 12, the upper end of whichpprojects a considerable distance above and is provided with an outwardly curved extremity ltwhereby the handle l2 may be readily gripped `and moved to raise the ring 11 for after more fully described. These handles 1Q at their lower ends are formed with ears 14, which latter are arranged between pairs of the spaced ears l() and through which latl ter and the ears 14 are passed .pivots l5 whereby the rings 11 may be raised from the platter or disk 5 on the swinging of the handles 125 in one direction. Surrounding the pivots V15 are coil springs 16 each having one end bearing against the platter or disk 5v while its opposite end is suitably fixed to the'adjacent handle 12 and these springs serve by reason ot' their tension to normally hold the rings-1l in contact with the upper face of the platter or disk for receiving eggs placed within therings-whereby the said eggs may be fried upon the platter or disk `5 without any possibility of the same running together.

Connected to the handles 12 above the..

rings l1 are closure lids or covers 17 by means of hinges 18, the said covers or lids being normally engaged with 'the upper edges of the rings for closing the tops thereof, thus preventing the splatterin'g of grease or the eggs confined within the lcups or pockets formed by the said rings.

In the operation when it is desired to fry "eggs the same are placed within the rings 11 on the raising of the lids 17 whereby the said eggs will nest upon the platter 5 whereupon the lidsl are a purpose as will be hereinbrought to closed position,

concentrically with respect to the -if is Vthought :intl the platter is. phuefl upon u stove. After the eggs have heen fried upon the. platter the handles 1Q :tre successively niovetl in one direction thereby lifting the. rings ll in raised position with respect to the platter so tlntt upon tilting' of the lutter the saitl eggs thus fried nut)Y a plnte or other receptacle.

From the foregoing tlesrripiion tuken in connection with the accompanying drawing 'thut 'the tronstruetion ,und operation of the inrention will he clear nml therefore :1 niore exteniletl explnnution hals heen oniittetl.

li'hnt is eluiuietl, isil. In tt eooltilugY utensil of the tcluss (le,- srribetl. yu li l-lile pluttierT u huntlle rising eentrttlly from sttitl platter, heuring' curs strut-l; up l'ron|-. zti l plutter eoneenlriezllv with lespeet to szlitl hzuulle. zit-lus pirotull)Y connected :tt their lower entll with sztitl ears, rings fixetl to the sztitl :1i-uis :intl norniully he tll'oppetl onto t l l. l

resting upon ihe upper face of the platter, :nul litls hinged to said :mns (losing the Stihl rings.

2. ln u rooking; utensil of the class deserihetl. u tlixli-lilt'e platter, :t handle rising eentrnllliv from sztitl platter, bearing ears ntrurh up from sttitl platter concentrieally with respert to Suid handle`r arms pivotully eonnet-tetl :xt their lower ends with said ears, rings iixetl to the sztitl urlns nfld normally resting' upon thtl upper face of 'the platter, litls hinged to snitl nrlns :tn'dnornutll'y closing the saliti rings. untl Spring nicuns acting upon they :u'nis to .t'.5inin"thevszit"lrings in uorluztl contnet wi'th the plater.

' l'n testimony whereof I nllix my Signature in present-e of two witnesses.-

LOUISE '1L FELGEN.

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